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<blockquote data-quote="bruce_ventura" data-source="post: 629127" data-attributes="member: 34084"><p>The short answer is I'm not sure, but I doubt it hurt you much. While I use color filters at work a lot, I haven't used them with sport optics. However, I would definitely use a yellow filter during the day if I had one that fits my scope. I would also remove it during dusk and dawn just to be sure. In fact, writing this response convinced me I should go buy one. </p><p> </p><p>The long answer has three parts: First, the yellow filter cuts off the violet and some of the blue parts of the spectrum, which includes most of the light scattered from particles in the atmosphere. So using the filter increases image contrast during bright daylight. Chromatic aberration and atmospheric turbulence are also worse at these shorter wavelength colors, so the filter is very likely to help reduce image blur as well. This is all good. </p><p> </p><p>At dusk and dawn, however, atmospheric turbulence and scatter of sunlight are less of an issue, so the benefits of using the yellow filter are diminished. </p><p> </p><p>Second, during daytime the peak sensitivity of the eye is green, which exactly matches the spectrum of the sun. </p><p>As the eye adapts to darkness the peak sensitivity shifts to blue. It takes a long time for the eye to fully adapt to darkness, so it may not happen often during legal hunting hours. However, hunting in the woods in a canyon under a moonless, overcast sky, the eye probably has enough time to fully adapt to darkness before legal hunting ends. Likewise, if one were in a spotting position before dawn, then the eye probably would still be dark adapted when legal hunting time starts. In that case the filter would reduce brightness - a lot. </p><p> </p><p>Third, the filter may reduce the contrast of big game against vegetation. Big game animals are various shades of brown, which is a mix of all primary colors, with an extra dose of red. Vegetation is mostly green, with some brown. The yellow filter cuts out some blue, which is part of the animal's fur color and not part of green vegetation. I suspect that the increase in daytime image contrast discussed above more than compensates for any small loss of contrast for brown fur against green vegetation. </p><p> </p><p>Therefore, I would use the yellow filter during daytime and remove it during dusk and dawn. </p><p> </p><p>By "bluebird day" do you mean after a fresh snowfall? If so, then your eyes were probably not dark adapted at the end of legal hunting, and the filter probably did not reduce brightness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bruce_ventura, post: 629127, member: 34084"] The short answer is I'm not sure, but I doubt it hurt you much. While I use color filters at work a lot, I haven't used them with sport optics. However, I would definitely use a yellow filter during the day if I had one that fits my scope. I would also remove it during dusk and dawn just to be sure. In fact, writing this response convinced me I should go buy one. The long answer has three parts: First, the yellow filter cuts off the violet and some of the blue parts of the spectrum, which includes most of the light scattered from particles in the atmosphere. So using the filter increases image contrast during bright daylight. Chromatic aberration and atmospheric turbulence are also worse at these shorter wavelength colors, so the filter is very likely to help reduce image blur as well. This is all good. At dusk and dawn, however, atmospheric turbulence and scatter of sunlight are less of an issue, so the benefits of using the yellow filter are diminished. Second, during daytime the peak sensitivity of the eye is green, which exactly matches the spectrum of the sun. As the eye adapts to darkness the peak sensitivity shifts to blue. It takes a long time for the eye to fully adapt to darkness, so it may not happen often during legal hunting hours. However, hunting in the woods in a canyon under a moonless, overcast sky, the eye probably has enough time to fully adapt to darkness before legal hunting ends. Likewise, if one were in a spotting position before dawn, then the eye probably would still be dark adapted when legal hunting time starts. In that case the filter would reduce brightness - a lot. Third, the filter may reduce the contrast of big game against vegetation. Big game animals are various shades of brown, which is a mix of all primary colors, with an extra dose of red. Vegetation is mostly green, with some brown. The yellow filter cuts out some blue, which is part of the animal's fur color and not part of green vegetation. I suspect that the increase in daytime image contrast discussed above more than compensates for any small loss of contrast for brown fur against green vegetation. Therefore, I would use the yellow filter during daytime and remove it during dusk and dawn. By "bluebird day" do you mean after a fresh snowfall? If so, then your eyes were probably not dark adapted at the end of legal hunting, and the filter probably did not reduce brightness. [/QUOTE]
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